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" l Hummm@ P9 l UNITED STATESy PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. KOOKOGEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE KOOKOGEY ELECTRIC COMPANY.

SHIPPING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,957, dated July 30, 1889.

` Application filed June 8.1887. Serial No. 240,645. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

y Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. Kooxoenv, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cases, of which the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to shipping-cases for bottles, and is designed more especially for the shipping of large bottles containing solutions for electrical batteries.

The invention consists in anovel construction of such cases, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is aper-Y spective view of a case designed to carry twelve bottles and having its cover or top made in three sections, each covering and holding four bottles, one of the sections being elevated to show its under face. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the case with two of the sections of the cover thrown back; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section of the case.

Heretofore much difficulty has been experienced in successfully shipping battery solution and other liquids, particularly such `as contain acid or other Ymatters capable of destroying ordinary bottle-stopping appliances. To remedy this diiculty, rubber stoppers have in some cases been used; but where the bottles are large, as is usually the case in the use mentioned,the cost of the stoppers adds greatly to the expense, besides being somewhat unsatisfactory in other respects. Ordinary corks are affected by the solution, and hence are unsuitable. I avoid the expense of the rubber Stoppers and secure various advantages over the ordinary Inethods of packing by the construction illustrated in the drawings, in which- A indicates a packing-case, which is divided into cells or compartments by cross-partitions B, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the sides being usually made of somewhat less height than the bottles or than the ends of the case to expose the bottles to View. To

one of the ends a of the case, or it may be to one of the sides, in which case the side would need to be carried to the top of the case, is

hinged a cover C, which is made in two or more sections.

'b The ends of the box are made slightly higher than the bottles themselves, in order to leave space between the under face of the cover or cover-sections and the mouths of the bottles, and the under face of the cover or of each section of the cover is provided with a cushion D, of hair, tow, or other suitable Inaterial l), covered or faced with sheet-rubber c, which may be cemented, tacked, or otherwise secured to the cover or cover-sections. The cushion or cushions should be of such thickness and elasticity as to permit the mouths of the bottles to embed themselves to a suitable extent into the cushions, so as to insure the effectual closing of each and every bottle, notwithstanding the slight variations in height which are commonly met with in such bottles, and the rubber facing should be of a width to lap over or extend beyond the outer edges of the bottle-mouths to insure' a perfect covering thereof. Under this construction it is only necessary to fill the bottles as full as may be desired, place them in the case, and press down the cover or coversections upon them, fastening said cover or sections by any suitable means-as, for instance, a hasp E, passing over a staple F and secured by means of a padlock or other fastening.

One fastening may be made to secure the several sections by arranging a cross-bar to swing over the several hasps, or making one hasp with wings or extensions to reach across the others, so that when the hasp provided with extensions is secured by its padlock or other fastening it shall hold down those of the other hasps across which it extends.

The bex will advisably be furnished with bails or handles for convenience of handling, and they may be made of any suitable material and of any design or size to suit the particular purpose for which it is intended.

I amaware that inkstands have been made with a cover containing a spring-sustained disk to cover and close the mouth of the inkbottle; and I am also aware thatabottle-case has been made With a series of elastic disks one row of compartments and provided on its for the mouths of the bottles to rest against, under face with a cushion having an imperand a series of set-screws to press and hold Vious facing` or covering to rest upon and Close I 5 the bottles against the disks. These I disthe mouths of the bottles in the row of coin- 5 claim, as heretofore known and used. partments beneath.

' Having thus described my invention, what In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand I claim isin the presence of two Witnesses. V

In a shipping-case, the' Combination of a box or body A, divided by partitions B into l 1o cells or compartments, each adapted to re- Vitnesses:

ceive a bottle, and a cover composed of inde. VILLIAM Wf. DODGE, pendent sections, each section extending over T. W. SORAN.

WM. r. KooKoGEY. 

